A GRIP ON SPORTS • Just imagine you are in a Hollywood writers' room. You and a couple fellow screenwriters are trying to flesh out a character, an iconoclastic NFL player who goes by his own rules. He needs to say something important. One guy pitches this thought: The guy makes the pronouncement on Turkish TV. Everyone starts to laugh. Read on ...

SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015

You know the day-after drill. Here's my game story, John Blanchette's column and Colin Mulvany's photos. Here's the Salt Lake Tribune gamer and a few national articles on how damaging Gonzaga's loss was in terms of NCAA seeding. GU probably needs to win the WCC...

SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 2015

Nothing like computer issues right on deadline. Anyway, Gonzaga suffered a rare home loss as BYU held on for a 73-70 victory Saturday, likely ending GU's chances for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. GU saw its 41-game home winning streak, the longest...

FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 2015

In the last nine days, I've written about Gonzaga's three seniors, beginning with Gary Bell Jr. in last Thursday's S-R, Byron Wesley in Wednesday's paper and my article on Kevin Pangos that will run tomorrow. The trio will be honored during Senior Night ceremonies as...

For one of the few times I forgot to DVR a Gonzaga game. Actually I forgot to send a desperate text 5 minutes before tip asking my wife or kids to DVR a GU game. But it's OK, I'm not sure I needed a second...

THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 2015

Gonzaga snapped out of a first-half funk -- thanks in part to Eric McClellan's energy boost in the closing minutes -- and pulled away from San Diego in the closing 20 minutes for a 59-39 win Thursday. My unedited game story is below. Day-after post...

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Forget this new movie on Marshawn Lynch's life – and if reports are to be believed, Marshawn Lynch would like you to. What we need right now is a movie about the 2015 Mariners. Oliver Stone needs to direct. Heck, he already has a title. "Platoon." Read on.